Kayla Kaeppel's a fourth grader at Sheckler Elementary in Catasauqua, and a reallllly good hooper. She spent several minutes effortlessly swinging the plastic band around her hips at Catasauqua Area High School on Thursday morning as several onlookers watched. Her hooping though, had a point to it, evidenced by its name, "Put a Ring Among Smoking."

The game was one of several nearly 300 kids from the Whitehall-Coplay, Northampton and Catasauqua area school districts played during the annual Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) event. The event is hosted by the Valley Youth House, which invites all area schools to attend. Students from local high school chapters help run it.

Northampton Area High School teacher Kim Davis has been running the school's SADD chapter for 22 years, and remembers when the DD in the acronym was changed from drunken driving to destructive decisions. The change reflects the greater awareness of various driving-time activities that experts believe lead to at least 80 percent of vehicle accidents, Davis said.

"Everybody has to multi-task. Everybody tries to eat, be on the phone, play with the iPod," he said.

For young children, it may be taking too many risks with a bicycle, Catasauqua's SADD advisor Jean Susko said.

Valley Youth House SADD's coordinator Stephanie Falzone said it was especially important to host events like this at a time participation in SADD clubs is declining. It's important to reach children young, she said.

Kaeppel, at least, has her mind made up about smoking, the anti-activity game she was playing.